Rapidly Sentence Examples

She blinked rapidly to clear her vision as she entered the dark building.

She ran rapidly toward him.

Life was moving along rapidly with our singlehood sliding toward the finish line.

The town has grown rapidly since the completion of the railway system, and has a large trade in petroleum from Baku.

And Natasha began rapidly and deftly sorting out the things.

Her thoughts came rapidly, and she refused to think twice.

Another disturbing influence has been the high protective tariffs, adopted during the closing years of the century, which increased the costs of living more rapidly than the wages for labour, and compelled thousands of immigrants to seek employment elsewhere.

Pierre spoke rapidly and with animation.

And Natasha began rapidly taking out of the case dishes and plates wrapped in paper.

But plundering by the Russians, with which the reoccupation of the city began, had an opposite effect: the longer it continued and the greater the number of people taking part in it the more rapidly was the wealth of the city and its regular life restored.

In the Gundagai district the industry was rapidly becoming a valuable one, but the low price of chrome has greatly restricted the output.

Glancing over his shoulder at his advancing pursuer, he knew he'd have to drop far enough and rapidly enough to pass Shipton before the killer could swing out with his deadly ax.

His ability, pure life and political connexions raised him rapidly to power.

Memories of Austerlitz and of Dolokhov flashed rapidly and clearly through his mind.

In 1811 there was living in Moscow a French doctor--Metivier--who had rapidly become the fashion.

After five minutes of irksome, constrained conversation, they heard the sound of slippered feet rapidly approaching.

He heard hurried footsteps beyond the door, both halves of it were opened rapidly; all was silent and then from the study the sound was heard of other steps, firm and resolute--they were those of Napoleon.

One large, white, plump leg twitched rapidly all the time with a feverish tremor.

With an unexpected reverberation in his voice Pierre rapidly began:

He turned his eyes rapidly from Tikhon's face to the esaul's and Denisov's, unable to make out what it all meant.

The handsome young soldier who had brought the wood, setting his arms akimbo, began stamping his cold feet rapidly and deftly on the spot where he stood.

His means increased rapidly; serfs from neighboring estates came to beg him to buy them, and long after his death the memory of his administration was devoutly preserved among the serfs.

She had her back to him when he opened the door, but when, turning quickly, she saw his broad, surprised face, she blushed and came rapidly up to him.

Petya, rapidly turning his head, looked now at the drummer boy, now at Denisov, now at the esaul, and now at the French in the village and along the road, trying not to miss anything of importance.

She blinked rapidly, startled by the sensations going through her.

The White Camelia was formed in 1867 in Louisiana and rapidly spread over the states of the late Confederacy.

Her beautiful eyes glanced askance at her husband's face, and her own assumed the timid, deprecating expression of a dog when it rapidly but feebly wags its drooping tail.

Natasha was sitting on the bed, pale and dry eyed, and was gazing at the icons and whispering something as she rapidly crossed herself.

The needles clicked lightly in her slender, rapidly moving hands, and he could clearly see the thoughtful profile of her drooping face.

Rapidly and timidly raising his fingers to his forehead by way of greeting, he asked Pierre whether the soldier Platoche to whom he had given a shirt to sew was in that shed.

The men rapidly picked out their horses in the semidarkness, tightened their saddle girths, and formed companies.

The Cossacks saw that his arms and legs jerked rapidly though his head was quite motionless.

These three groups traveling together--the cavalry stores, the convoy of prisoners, and Junot's baggage train--still constituted a separate and united whole, though each of the groups was rapidly melting away.

The entire business of the psychic tipster has faded rapidly without new news to feed the sharks.

Darkyn's mate blinked rapidly, as if near tears.

Deidre opened her eyes and blinked rapidly, realizing the black she tried to clear from her sight was the black ceiling of the operating room.

Her position at the table shifted as the program grew more complex; she dropped her feet to the ground and leaned forward, taking in the rapidly changing situation.

Dean waited until she stopped for a breath and then rapidly explained they were doing all they could, would be in touch, thanked her and hung up.

It is hunted chiefly for the sake of the ivory of its immense tusks, of which it yields the principal source of supply to the European market, and the desire to obtain which is rapidly leading to the extermination of the species.

It is permanent in dry air, but in the finely divided state it rapidly combines with oxygen, the compact metal requiring a strong heating to bring about this combination.

A blue basic salt is precipitated first, which, on boiling, rapidly changes to the rose-coloured hydroxide.

It dissolves in acids forming cobaltous salts, and on exposure to air it rapidly absorbs oxygen, turning brown in colour.

He was succeeded in 705 by his son Osred, and under him and his successors Northumbria began rapidly to decline through the vices of its kings and the extravagance of their donations.

The number rapidly increased, and in 1851 there were 66 cotton mills with 860,000 throstle spindles at work.

The mushroom is a semi-deliquescent fungus which rapidly falls into putridity in decay, whilst the champignon dries up into a leathery substance in the sun, but speedily revives and takes its original form again after the first shower.

His over-emotional nature passed rapidly from one phase of feeling to another; but the more melancholy moods predominated.

But the faithful Popham rapidly rallied a force for his defence.

The definition once proclaimed, controversies rapidly ceased; the bishops who wer: among the minority one after the other formulated their loyal adhesion to the Catholic dogma.

Mannheim is connected by a handsome bridge with Ludwigshafen, a rapidly growing bornmercial and manufacturing town on the left bank of the Rhine, in Bavarian territory.

Service of the East India company and sailed for Fort St David; here he showed himself very industrious, made the acquaintance of Robert Clive and rose rapidly from one position to another.

As followers rapidly increased they were compelled to hold their own Sunday services, and this naturally led them to appoint as preachers godly laymen possessing the gift of exhortation.

The document is entitled "Secrett Inventionis, proffitabill and necessary in theis dayes for defence of this Iland, and withstanding of strangers, enemies of God's truth and religion," a and the inventions consist of (1) a mirror for burning the enemies' ships at any distance, (2) a piece of artillery destroying everything round an arc of a circle, and (3) a round metal chariot, so constructed that its occupants could move it rapidly and easily, while firing out through small holes in it.

The union was not perfect; the presbytery of Donegal was for three years in revolt against the synod; and in 1762 a second presbytery of Philadelphia was formed; but the strength of the synod increased rapidly and at the outbreak of the War of Independence it had 11 presbyteries and 132 ministers.

A similar influence was exerted by him in other branches of the common law; and although, after his retirement, a reaction took place, and he was regarded for a while as one who had corrupted the ancient principles of English law, these prejudices passed rapidly away, and the value of his work in bringing the older law into harmony with the needs of modern society has long been fully recognized.

Both valleys fall rapidly as they approach the point of junction, which lies at a depth of more than 600 ft.

It rapidly absorbs the elements of water wherever possible, so that a strip of paper plunged into the gas is rapidly charred.

Black coal forms one of the principal resources of New South Wales; and in the other states the deposits of this valuable mineral are being rapidly developed.

Their strength had been seriously weakened by the overthrow of Roosebeke, but Philip on his accession found them once more advancing rapidly in power and prosperity.

Dairy industries have rapidly increased in value: in 1905 the value of butter and cheese was $6,416,434, more than any other single industry under the census classification.

It is very hygroscopic, dissolves readily in water, and rapidly undergoes oxidation on exposure to air.

It decomposes water slowly in the cold, and more rapidly on heating.

The institution rapidly spread, counting twenty houses before his death and eighty before that of St Jeanne.

Tests of the comparative efficiencies of hydraulic and electric cranes tend to show that, although they do not vary to any very considerable extent with full load, yet the efficiency of the hydraulic crane falls away very much more rapidly than that of the electric crane when working on smaller loads.

They give the minimum of interference with quay space and have rapidly come into favour.

When the cross traverse motion of a traveller crab is suppressed, and the longitudinal travelling motion is increased in importance we come to a type of crane, the use of which is rapidly increasing; it goes by the name of " transporter."

North of Sarakhs it diminishes rapidly in volume till it is lost in the sands of the Turkman desert.

Dorothy was surprised to find how patient the people were, for her own little heart was beating rapidly with excitement.

Zeb hitched Jim to the buggy again, and the horse trotted along and drew them rapidly over the smooth water.

Constant practice makes the fingers very flexible, and some of my friends spell rapidly--about as fast as an expert writes on a typewriter.

The lectures are spelled into my hand as rapidly as possible, and much of the individuality of the lecturer is lost to me in the effort to keep in the race.

Miss Keller puts her fingers lightly over the hand of one who is talking to her and gets the words as rapidly as they can be spelled.

Miss Sullivan and others who live constantly with the deaf can spell very rapidly--fast enough to get a slow lecture, not fast enough to get every word of a rapid speaker.

Helen Keller became so rapidly a distinctive personality that she kept her teacher in a breathless race to meet the needs of her pupil, with no time or strength to make a scientific study.

She made the letters rapidly, and I gave her the cake, which she ate in a great hurry, thinking, I suppose, that I might take it from her.

Every morning, generally speaking, the shallow water is being warmed more rapidly than the deep, though it may not be made so warm after all, and every evening it is being cooled more rapidly until the morning.

It is wonderful how rapidly yet perfectly the sand organizes itself as it flows, using the best material its mass affords to form the sharp edges of its channel.

She took a sheet of paper and her hand moved rapidly over it.

He spoke so rapidly that he did not finish half his words, but his son was accustomed to understand him.

His eyes ran rapidly over the wide space, but he only saw that the hitherto motionless masses of the French now swayed and that there really was a battery to their left.

Rapidly leaping the furrows, he fled across the field with the impetuosity he used to show at catchplay, now and then turning his good-natured, pale, young face to look back.

The fire, fanned by the breeze, was rapidly spreading.

"You thought!" shouted the prince, his words coming more and more rapidly and indistinctly.

He entered the drawing room with his usual alert step, glancing rapidly round the company.

And Prince Dolgorukov rapidly but indistinctly explained Weyrother's plan of a flanking movement.

He interrupted him, talked rapidly and indistinctly, without looking at the man he was addressing, and did not reply to questions put to him.

In front in the fog a shot was heard and then another, at first irregularly at varying intervals--trata... tat--and then more and more regularly and rapidly, and the action at the Goldbach Stream began.

The marshals, accompanied by adjutants, galloped off in different directions, and a few minutes later the chief forces of the French army moved rapidly toward those Pratzen Heights which were being more and more denuded by Russian troops moving down the valley to their left.

Just then at a distance behind Kutuzov was heard the sound of regiments saluting, and this sound rapidly came nearer along the whole extended line of the advancing Russian columns.

The first words he heard on coming to his senses were those of a French convoy officer, who said rapidly: "We must halt here: the Emperor will pass here immediately; it will please him to see these gentlemen prisoners."

When it came to Natasha's turn to choose a partner, she rose and, tripping rapidly across in her little shoes trimmed with bows, ran timidly to the corner where Denisov sat.

He glided silently on one foot half across the room, and seeming not to notice the chairs was dashing straight at them, when suddenly, clinking his spurs and spreading out his legs, he stopped short on his heels, stood so a second, stamped on the spot clanking his spurs, whirled rapidly round, and, striking his left heel against his right, flew round again in a circle.

Denisov patted him on the shoulder and began rapidly pacing the room without looking at Rostov, as was his way at moments of deep feeling.

Seeing that her mother was still praying she ran on tiptoe to the bed and, rapidly slipping one little foot against the other, pushed off her slippers and jumped onto the bed the countess had feared might become her grave.

He walked in rapidly, bowing to right and left as if anxious to get the first moments of the reception over.

From behind Erza rushed the broad- haunched, black-spotted Milka and began rapidly gaining on the hare.

She began blinking rapidly and moved away from the looking glasses.

Women, women! said Alpatych, puffing and speaking rapidly just as the prince did, and he climbed into the trap.

He sees well enough, said Prince Vasili rapidly, in a deep voice and with a slight cough--the voice and cough with which he was wont to dispose of all difficulties.

The men crowded closer together, stirred, and rapidly took off their hats.

And as if afraid of wasting his store of anger, he left Alpatych and went rapidly forward.

Two valets rapidly dressed His Majesty, and wearing the blue uniform of the Guards he went with firm quick steps to the reception room.

At length when he had understood and looked in the direction the old man indicated, he recognized Natasha, and following his first impulse stepped instantly and rapidly toward the coach.

Only when the victim ceased to struggle and his cries changed to a long- drawn, measured death rattle did the crowd around his prostrate, bleeding corpse begin rapidly to change places.

Her long, thin, practiced fingers rapidly unplaited, replaited, and tied up her plait.

"Forgive me for what I ha-ve do-ne!" faltered Natasha in a scarcely audible, broken whisper, and began kissing his hand more rapidly, just touching it with her lips.

The Emperor began to breathe heavily and rapidly, his lower lip trembled, and tears instantly appeared in his fine blue eyes.

"Well, I think you must be sleepy," said he, and began rapidly crossing himself and repeating:

Petya was galloping along the courtyard, but instead of holding the reins he waved both his arms about rapidly and strangely, slipping farther and farther to one side in his saddle.

Her heart beat rapidly at what it meant to surrender what had been her one hope to leave Hell.

Like that's all bad? they collectively thought, but only Paul Dawkins had the guts to so respond, spurred on by the rapidly disappearing cognac.

But within twenty years, it had faded as rapidly as it had grown.

He managed to keep his body fluids up by frequent gulps to replenish his rapidly diminishing energy.

He rapidly overran Galatia, Phrygia and Asia, defeated the Roman armies, and ordered a general massacre of the Romans in Asia.

Strutt, made him known over Europe; and his powers rapidly matured until, at the death of Clerk Maxwell, he stood at the head of British physicists, Sir George Stokes and Lord Kelvin alone excepted.

It forms slightly coloured small crystals possessing a strong disagreeable smell, and is rapidly decomposed by water with the formation of boric acid and sulphuretted hydrogen.

The girl, greatly astonished, ran to lean over the edge of the roof, and saw the man walking rapidly through the air toward the ground.

The rate of innovation is increasing rapidly, though.

Her mind works so rapidly, that it often happens, that when I give her an example she will give me the correct answer before I have time to write out the question.

She again glanced rapidly from Pierre's face to that of the lady in the black dress and said:

Randy continued to talk, more rapidly than necessary, mentioning a small wedding.

Descending rapidly from its source, sometimes over cascades, the river soon enters deep gorges through which it flows as far as Beaulieu (department of Correze) where it debouches into a wide and fertile valley and is shortly after joined by the Cere.

I have written to my poor mother, said the smiling Mademoiselle Bourienne rapidly, in her pleasant mellow tones and with guttural r's.

"No good... no good..." said the prince rapidly, and thrusting his feet into his slippers and his arms into the sleeves of his dressing gown, he went to the couch on which he slept.

She blinked rapidly, startled by the sensations going through her.

When the warmer days come, they who dwell near the river hear the ice crack at night with a startling whoop as loud as artillery, as if its icy fetters were rent from end to end, and within a few days see it rapidly going out.

Prince Andrew expressed his ideas so clearly and distinctly that it was evident he had reflected on this subject more than once, and he spoke readily and rapidly like a man who has not talked for a long time.

She spoke rapidly and did not notice how Pierre flushed at her words.

The water was rising so rapidly in the hold that with four pumps constantly going the crew could hardly keep it in check.

She helped me wind some worsted one day, first rapidly and afterward slowly.

I heartily accept the motto,--"That government is best which governs least"; and I should like to see it acted up to more rapidly and systematically.

"You did not get my letter?" he asked, and not waiting for a reply-- which he would not have received, for the princess was unable to speak-- he turned back, rapidly mounted the stairs again with the doctor who had entered the hall after him (they had met at the last post station), and again embraced his sister.

And rapidly opening the door he went resolutely out onto the balcony.

Technical breakthroughs in the future will come very rapidly, each one used to increase quality and lower costs in order to compete in an ever more competitive marketplace.